Losing access to these ecosystems, both by their closure [to Apache People] or their destruction profoundly weakens the strength to both Apache and Indigenous peoples' prayer and ceremony.
On the recordMarch 20, 2013
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Grijalva highlights the spiritual harm caused by the loss of sacred sites.
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